#BD8538#BD8538

#BD8538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.115 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8538
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 14.13, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 50.55, 73.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0359 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.115 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0897, 27.8819, 7.5376)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8538 #3870BD

analogous

#BD4238 #BD8538 #B2BD38

triadic

#BD8538 #38BD85 #8538BD

tetradic

#BD8538 #38BD42 #3870BD #BD38B2

square

#BD8538 #38BD42 #3870BD #BD38B2

split-complementary

#BD8538 #38B2BD #4238BD

monochromatic

#5F431C #8E642A #BD8538 #D0A262 #DEBE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BD8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BD8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8538

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8538	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.115 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a872',
    500: '#bd8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8538;
$custom-light: #d5a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65849,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8538

secondary

#87A3C9

accent

#88DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8538

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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